Movie clip poolside chat white bird in a blizzard synopsis seventeenyearold kat connors is deeply shaken by the sudden disappearance of her mother and investigates the circumstances that led to the event during a break from college. White bird in a blizzard by laura kasischke, 1999, hyperion edition, in english 1st ed. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. For the last 25 years, araki has been seemingly obsessed with the years of sexual exploration and teenage rebellion in works like the doom generation, nowhere and kaboom.
Gregg araki chases respectability again with white bird in. Set in 1988, white bird in a blizzard is a visually striking drama about a teenage girl engaged in secret sexual affairs after her mother disappears. Trouble in the burbs in white bird in a blizzard the. The film premiered at the 2014 sundance film festival on january 20, 2014 before being given a limited. White bird in a blizzard kindle edition by kasischke, laura. Jan 22, 2014 although not without its moments of cheap amusement, gregg arakis adaptation of the novel white bird in a blizzard is a tackylooking, dramatically flat sendup of sexual frustration and. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A masterful portrait of a tragic crucible in the settlement of the american heartland the childrens blizzard of 1888. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up.
See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. With shailene woodley, eva green, christopher meloni, angela bassett. The unexpected storm surprised people who had become complacent after enjoying several days of unusually warm weather for late winter. The storm that changed america summary in midmarch 1888, a blizzard paralyzed new york city and surrounding states. Rent white bird in a blizzard 2014 on dvd and bluray netflix. But gregg arakis film, white bird in a blizzard, is only part mystery, part coming of age story, and part haunted dreamscape, and refuses to be easily categorized as any of the above. At first kat is excited by her new freedom, distracted by the boy next door shiloh fernandez and the cop working the case thomas jane. Like suspicious river, which the new yorker described as by turns terrifying and ravishingly lyrical, white bird blizzard evokes works of kathryn harrison and joyce carol oates and confirms kasischkes arrival as a major literary talent. I understand the plot but why was it called white bird in a blizard. Dec 12, 2014 but gregg arakis film, white bird in a blizzard, is only part mystery, part coming of age story, and part haunted dreamscape, and refuses to be easily categorized as any of the above. Part comingofage tale and part gone girllike mystery about what happened to woodleys onscreen mother, it includes frequent conversations about and references to teen sex, and the main. Early efforts like 1992s the living end and 1993s totally fed up were pretty uneven, but thats not the reasoneven back then, arakis talent was evident. At the end of white bird in a blizzard, i felt sad and dirty and lost. White bird in a blizzard shailene woodley eva green christopher meloni 2014 a teenager shailene woodley relishes her newfound freedom after her disturbed mother eva green vanishes, but the strange facts of the disappearanc.
So white bird in a blizzard features the coming of age of a teenage girl after her mother mysteriously disappears. The story interweaves back and forth with flashbacks of her past years. Rent white bird in a blizzard 2014 on dvd and bluray. Her dad brock christopher meloni is a meek, passive figure, a zero who never stands up for himself and swallows whatever life hands him. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. My main issue with this book is that i could the first laura kasischke book i read was the life before her eyes. The writerdirectors beautifully told films make you feel warm and fuzzy, with. Playing keepaway with the revelation of what happened to kats mother and related activity is pointless, as most viewers will tumble toward it almost immediately, and keeping us in the dark largely negates what the film is trying. Watch white bird in a blizzard trailers and video, including teasers, extended looks, exclusive clips, footage, sneak peeks, interviews, and more on moviefone. White bird in a blizzard 2014 a teenager shailene woodley relishes her newfound freedom after her disturbed mother eva green vanishes, but the strange facts of the disappearance soon begin. Scratch the surface, and theres just more surfacechalk dust under your nails, but not much else. Based on the acclaimed novel by laura kasischke, white bird in a blizzard tells the story of kat connors, a young woman whose life is turned upside down by the sudden disappearance of her beautiful, enigmatic mother.
White bird in a blizzard is a 2014 art drama thriller film coproduced, written, and directed by gregg araki and starring shailene woodley, eva green, and christopher meloni. The plot summary is near copyvio of this imdb synopsis. Whats the story kat connors shailene woodley is 17 years old when her perfect homemaker mother, eve eva green, a beautiful, enigmatic, and haunted woman, disappears just as kat is discovering and relishing her newfound sexuality. Or could it be a metaphor because the mother was crazy and she stood out. When katrina connors mother walks out on her family, kat is surprised but not shocked. Read the white bird in a blizzard movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on.
Now, he sends the descendants shailene woodley into thriller territory but cant. Part of the problem with white bird in a blizzard is that the film thinks its audience is just as dense as kat. She meets a looser guy in a bar, becomes her girlfriend and has sex almost very time. The film is based on the novel of the same name by laura kasischke. Kat connors is 17 years old when her perfect homemaker mother, eve, a beautiful, enigmatic, and haunted woman, disappears just as kat is discovering and relishing her newfound sexuality. Katrina kat connor shailene woodley, the heroine of gregg arakis offbeat drama white bird in a blizzard, is a teenager from an abusive suburban home. Hello fellow wikipedians, i have just added archive links to one external link on white bird in a blizzard. Four crucial years in a troubled teenagers life are the focus of this eloquently written, suspenseful second novel by the author of the praised suspicious river. Is that a metaphor for the mother being in the freezer and snow in kats dreams. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Kat connors is a sharply drawn sixteenyearold at the beginning of the book, intensely preoccupied by her newly sexual self.
Most of the time it is no big deal, but sometimes i see a trailer and something in my gut says, that could end really badly. White bird in a blizzard on dvd movie synopsis and info. I hate hate hate seeing a movie and then ending up with a stupid ending. Kat connors shailene woodley is 17 years old when her perfect homemaker mother, eve eva green, a beautiful, enigmatic, and haunted woman. Although not without its moments of cheap amusement, gregg arakis adaptation of the novel white bird in a blizzard is a tackylooking, dramatically flat sendup of sexual frustration and. Trouble in the late80s suburbs, as desperate housewife eva green goes missing and leaves her rebellious daughter shailene woodley holding the pieces.
Director gregg araki tackles a gritty comingofage tale in his adaptation of author laura kasischkes white bird in a blizzard, the mystery of how, when young kat connors shailene woodley was 17, her beautiful, unhappy mother, eve, disappeared without a trace. Laura kasischkes white bird in a blizzard startles and intrigues with its powerful images of suburban anomie and teenage lust and confusion. So i am going to ask about white bird in a blizzard. In the narrow stony valleys of norway and the heavily taxed towns of saxony and westphalia, in ukrainian villages bled by the recruiting officers of the czars and bohemian farms that had been owned and tilled for generations by the same families, land, freedom, and hope meant much the same thing in the last quarter of the nineteenth. White bird in a blizzard by laura kasischke nook book. Part suburban thriller, part sexual awakening drama and fully convincing as neither white bird in a blizzard rests a little too heavily on.
I watched the movie white bird in a blizard that shailene woodley is in. Mar 05, 2015 i was 17 when my mother disappeared, says kat connor shailene woodley in the early moments of white bird in a blizzard just as i was becoming nothing but my body flesh, blood and. In 1988, a teenage girls life is thrown into chaos when her. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. White bird in a blizzard starring shailene woodley the fault in our stars, divergent is. This 2014 sundance movie starring oscar nominee shailene woodley certainly looks intriguing, but dont be fooled by the trailers. White bird in a blizzard kindle edition by kasischke. Oct 03, 2014 i hate hate hate seeing a movie and then ending up with a stupid ending. In 1988, a teenage girls life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears. Everything you need to know about white bird in a blizzard. The atmosphere, steamed up with kats barely contained lust and eves frosty shadow, dominates.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing white bird in a blizzard near you. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading white bird in a blizzard. Having grown up in an extraordinarily suffocating atmosphere, 16yearold kat connors greets her mothers disappearance one winter day with stoic calm. Plot in 1988, when katrina kat connors was 17, her beautiful but mercurial mother, eve, disappeared without a trace. The thing that kept me reading was wanting to know. The film premiered at the 2014 sundance film festival on january 20, 2014 before being given a limited theatrical release on october 24, 2014. Jul 29, 2012 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. In those flashbacks we see eve, who was quite a wild girl, gradual changes since her marriage to brock, an ordinary man who leads an uneventful life.
Oct 22, 2014 at the end of white bird in a blizzard, i felt sad and dirty and lost. Gregg araki chases respectability again with white bird. Buy white bird in blizzard by kasischke, laura isbn. Its more that he was someone whod title a movie totally fed up. White bird in a blizzard on dvd january 20, 2015 starring shailene woodley, eva green, christopher meloni, thomas jane. Rent white bird in a blizzard 2014 starring shailene woodley and eva green on dvd and bluray. I am looking for a quick synopsis and specifically the ending and what happened to mom before i shell out my hard. White bird in a blizzard gregg araki is no stranger to teen angst and provocative filmmaking. When she was 17, kat lost her mom eve who went and disappeared without any word. We meet kat in 1988 during her senior year of high school. A frequently topless shailene woodley headlines white.
White bird in a blizzard 1999 edition open library. Parents need to know that although white bird in a blizzard stars teen fave shailene woodley divergent, the fault in our stars, its a mature independent drama with heavy themes and subject matter. White bird in a blizzard premiered last week on netflix. I was 17 when my mother disappeared, says kat connor shailene woodley in the early moments of white bird in a blizzard just as i was becoming nothing but my body flesh, blood and. Back in the early 90s, few people would have predicted gregg araki would still have a significant filmmaking career 20 years later. Gregg arakis 80sset suburban melodrama mixes the emotional heft of todd haynes with david lynchs dark. Kat connors shailene woodley is a young woman embracing her newfound sexuality when her glamorous but strange mother eve eva green vanishes. Despite some nice compositions and serviceable acting, white bird in a blizzard has a very strong romantic worldview with a strong homosexual plot twist in a key scene, along with plenty of foul.
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